Definición de bat around or about en inglés:

Obviously, as we have kind of batted around endlessly, they're looking for evidence in that truck.

He was an English immigrant who batted around the United States in a random fashion until in 1876 he sold the Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad on the idea of opening clean and wholesome restaurants at their rail depots.

Why couldn't I get a van and bat around the country doing whatever it is I do?